Project goals and actions 

We identify two main conservation actions to help the recovery of Bermuda Petrels:

a) the restoration of destroyed breeding habitats

b) long-term monitoring of breeding performance.

To achieve these goals we are working on these objectives:

1. Restore a new nesting-site on Nonsuch Island installing artificial nests and translocating near-fledged chicks. Surveying a new offshore island, looking a potential new offshore breeding island to identify suitable nesting sites.

2. Identify the causes of the increased percentage of failed eggs observed in the last decade by relating its occurrence to habitat/individual quality and exposure to environmental contaminants integrated and bio-accumulated along food-chains, including maternal transfer of those compounds. Mapping movements and location of foraging areas with the purpose of monitoring spatial variability of nutrients and pollutants in relation to individual space use and oceanic regions.

3. Develop educational activities in local secondary schools and rise public awareness for an active conservation.

https://www.speciesconservation.org/case-studies-projects/bermuda-petrel/20049